"Jaime Jara, a high-school teacher of American history and mother of three children, one of whom is a ten-year-old transgender girl, agrees. 'I thought Trump was bad,' she says. 'But for me, DeSantis is even worse, because he's smarter and more calculating. So it's terrifying.'
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"When people ask if they plan to move, Jara insists: 'Let's call it what it is. It's not moving, it's fleeing. We're being persecuted.'
"And if DeSantis becomes president? In that case, Jara says her family will find a way to leave not just Florida, but the United States itself."
From "Florida’s Republican governor is attacking trans rights to gain power" by Chrissy Stroop, openDemocracy, 2022-08-04